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Go beyond HD
Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" can be held comfortable with one hand - enjoy films, games and books for hours on end.
Astonishingly Light
At 374 grams (384 grams for 4G version), Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" is 34% lighter than the previous generation. To achieve this revolutionary light weight, Amazon integrated the capacitive touch layer directly into the glass display and created a unique magnesium unibody from a single piece of machined magnesium and a blend of glass and nylon - the same material used in high-performance race cars. The result is a light, hard-wearing, portable tablet.
Smaller Bezel, Cleaner Lines
Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" is engineered for increased usability and features an all-new design with a smaller bezel, cleaner lines, and optimised button and charger port placements. Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" is designed to disappear in your hands, so you can lose yourself in your viewing experience.
The new powerhouse tablet
Kindle Fire HDX was built from the ground up to deliver powerful performance, with an ultra-fast next-gen processor, amazing battery life and booming stereo sound.
Powerful Quad-Core Processor
Kindle Fire HDX tablets are the first tablets to be powered by the 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, making them the first to clock in at over 2 GHz. This provides 3x more processing power than the previous generation Kindle Fire HD and, combined with 2 GB of RAM, provides faster app launching times, quicker website loading times, smoother multi-tasking and better overall performance.
Console-Quality Graphics
The new Adreno 330 graphics processor on Kindle Fire HDX delivers high frame rates and console quality graphics 4x the performance of the previous generation Kindle Fire HD.
Customised Dolby Audio
Kindle Fire HDX uses the power of Dolby Digital Plus to create a world-class audio experience. Dolby Digital Plus includes technology that adjusts volume, creates virtual surround sound and delivers easier-to-understand dialogue in films and TV shows. Kindle Fire HDX is designed to optimise the audio profile automatically based on what you're doing (with or without headphones), such as watching a film, listening to music or talking on Skype.
Uncompromised Battery Life
With advanced power management technology, Kindle Fire HDX delivers an uncompromised 12 hours of reading, web surfing over Wi-Fi, video watching or music playback. When you're just reading, Kindle Fire HDX powers down unused system components automatically, extending battery life to 18 hours.
Breakthrough ultra-light design
The exclusive HDX display brings together unsurpassed pixel density (339 ppi), perfect colour accuracy (100% sRGB), reduced glare and improved brightness for a superior viewing experience.
Breakthrough HDX Display
Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" has the highest resolution (2560x1600) and the best pixel density (339 ppi) of any Kindle Fire tablet, providing an incredible multimedia experience. The HDX display features over four million pixels for vivid, lifelike images that go beyond standard HD.
Perfect Colour
Both the 7" and 8.9" Kindle Fire HDX displays feature perfect colour (100% sRGB), displaying images and videos as the photographer or videographer intended.
Better Viewing Indoors and Out
The HDX display features dynamic image contrast, a unique feature that automatically optimises the colour of each pixel based on the amount of light in your surroundings. This makes images and videos even easier to see under any lighting conditions, including outdoors.
Exclusively on Kindle Fire HDX tablets -live on-device tech support from an Amazon expert is just a tap away with the new Mayday button.
Live Support with Mayday
NEW—Simply tap the Mayday button to be connected for free to an Amazon expert who can guide you through any feature by drawing on your screen, walking you through how to do something yourself, or doing it for you—whatever works best. Mayday is available 24x7, 365 days a year, and it's free. Throughout the process, you will be able to see your Amazon Tech advisor live on your screen, but they won't see you. 15 seconds or less is the Mayday response time goal.